You read that right, but I’ll go over it again: Chocolate. Covered. Gummie. Bears. Two quick asides before we get to the aforementioned bears: #1) I grew up in West Texas with a German-born mother, whose family sent us packages of the original Haribo Gummie Bears when I was a kid.  No one else knew …

Bombings.  Murder.  Hatred.  Heartache.  Misery.  Bloodbaths.  Injustice.  Deceit. We walk and live among evil; it is unavoidable. When faced with grim realities, what do we tell our children?  What do we teach by way of example?  How do we share peace and love and understanding, so they may take it with them as they walk …

I know it’s spring in most of the country, but we’re on the verge of summer in Texas.  And once it’s summer, Texans eat pico de gallo by the 10-gallon hat full; we love it!  Although, we usually shorten the name to pico, no de gallo necessary! What is pico, exactly?  The loosest definition is …

How many times have we heard that three drinks or more per week may increase a woman’s risk for breast cancer?  I feel like it’s been the breast cancer awareness mantra, I’ve heard it so much. But now, now, a new study is indicating that “women who reported having three to six alcoholic drinks a …

I am saddened and angry about the bombings at the Boston Marathon, as most of you are, and I hesitated to post this joyful entry, but the runners I know keep on runnin’ when life gets tough.  So, I’m taking a page from the runner’s manual and I’ll keep on runnin’.  I hope you do …

File this under: Things My DIL Has Taught Me. My DIL has taught me lots of fun things, one of which is that there is someone who can match Boy’s inner/outer geek. Nice! Lately, with Sweet E’s arrival, Girl is teaching me about cloth diapers (not the cloth diapers from our generation…not even close), specialty …

Oh, vinegar, how I love thee. Many of you are like me in that you want to save $$$ when cleaning your homes, while keeping thangs as non-toxic as possible. Enter the magic of vinegar. I’ve used this trick for years. ~ A gentle reminder: OMT! uses Amazon referral links. When you do your shopping …

Life is a ball of snapping rubberbands with a soothing center of delicious cream-filling.  I think of it as mostly sweet goodness with the occasion surprising sting. Last week, I got more than my fill of the glorious gooey center. Girl was returning to work and she asked me if I would consider coming for …

I received an email from Ducks ‘n a Row, a lovely blog, and this is what I found attached: ~FAINT~ Isn’t the added text beautiful?  (original post and unadorned pic HERE) Here’s what Ms. Sinea said, after advising me she was featuring my brownies on her blog: I hope you don’t mind but I have …

Have y’all met my new pretend BFF, Gaby Dalkin?  No?  Lawsy, that woman can cook. As most of you know, she had me at Slutty Brownies (which I have since used to bribe the Time Warner guy to complete the rewiring for my Internets as fast as he could). If you missed the whole Slutty …